Extortion virus code gets cracked
June 1st, 2006
Poor programming has allowed anti-virus companies to discover the password to retrieve the hijacked data inside a virus that has claimed at least one UK victim.
Archive for June 1st, 2006
Back in March, it was reported that WAPI was rejected by ISO because China refused to disclose some details of the technology. This meant that ISO members weren't able to guarantee that WAPI did not allow backdoor access to encrypted material. — C|net News.com
The American 802.11i encryption is backed by Intel. China's wireless standard is now claiming that it is a conspiracy from the U.S. engineer's group.
I think the Chinese have a ways to go on engineering at the level of quality that the Western world has set. Just look at the safety rating that the JiangLing Landwind, China's first car to be sold in Europe. It received a ZERO in safety, breaking the record for the lowest score ever by European saftey standards.
I think the Chinese will eventually fine tune the process and beable to compete and even beat the European, American, and Japanese companies but its just began to get into the real thick of capitolism, so like the JiangLing's safty feature (or lack there of) some of their standards and practices are stuck in the 20th century. When this giant wakes up completely, they'll be no stopping them. The spark and freedom of innovation at Western standards is all they need and then it will be all over. They'll be to business and commerce what a team of Micheal Jordan clones would be to the NBA. I suspect the same thing of India. Its not so much brain power and work ethic (or which they have loads) as it is numbers of people.
RIAA Ruling: 'A Dark Moment For Our Country'
June 1st, 2006
That's New York lawyer Ray Beckerman's view on a decision by judge Richard Owen where two John Does, one from the Southwest the other from New York, teamed up in Manhattan to fight back against the Big Four Organized Music cartel's RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America).
New spyware program blackmails computer users
June 1st, 2006
A new spyware program that lures computer users by claiming to give free access to pornographic Web content ends up by “blackmailing” them into purchasing a program to clean the infection, a security firm said. Panda Software said the program called DigiKeyGen generates passwords that supposedly enable users to access to pornographic websites.
Google hacking at its finest..
June 1st, 2006
More Google Hacking. If you think it is unethical for me to post this kind of stuff, consider this: This has already been published all ofthe Internet. People with bad intentions use this information.
My mission is to bring up security awareness to average computer users.